Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1917 — INDIANA POINTS STORM RAZED [ARTICLE]

INDIANA POINTS STORM RAZED

Five Persons Killed and Crops Damaged by Hail. Five persons are known to have been killed and crops severely damaged in sections throughout Indiana by the storm that swept the state Friday evening.' Three of the victims, Thomas Brady of Crown Point. Richard Ryland of Dana and Milford Neal is of Jennings county were killed by lightning. .lames Henderson and daughter-in-law, Mrs: Effie Henderson, residing in Brown county, were killed when the storm wrecked the Henderson home. Hail was reported in several sections of tlie state, and the- property and crop loss may possibly amount to several hundred thousand dollars, although the exact amount is difficult to determine. Tn southern Indiana corn leaves were cut to ribbons, oats und wheat were -lirlven into the ground by the wind and hail stones and other crops suffered similarly. Considerable was done in places to crops in the vicinity of Lafayette. A severe hail storm inflicted incalculable damage' to crops in parts of Tippecanoe county yesterday afternoon. The hail was accompanied by a downpour of rain and a strange roaring sound somewhat resembling a tornado. The storm followed a path from one-half to threequarters of a mile in width, traveling east from Gtterbein. - Corn blades were cut to ribbons and many stalks were broken, wheat that was almost ready for the reaper was shattered and oats fields " ■»-. . . . •...-■

suffered. Dr- and Airs. E. S- Baker of .this city were ampng the heaviest losers, J'jo acres of corn" on their farm being practically ruined. Among the farms that suffered were the Sumner Baker land, Brown brothers. 'Charles Daugherty, .McFarland. ’Henry Miller, Charles Childers. John. Slefers and Charles Wek-fc.—Saturday's Lafayette Journal,